Report of the city of Somerville 1891, Part 5

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 448


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F. E. Merrill, clerical services,


33 50


W. P. Pitman, clerical services,


21.00


A. P. Marsh, car fares, etc.


2 80


F. W. D. Dunklee, car fares, etc.


4 65


C. R. Hulsman, car fares, etc. .


8 20


P. H. Everett, car fares, etc.


9 70


Dana E. Perkins, car fares, etc.


8 30


E. W. Bailey, car fares, etc.


8 45


W. A. Greenough & Co., direc- tories


8 00


M. L. Vinal, directories


2 00


George K. Boyle, numbering


11 00


Amounts carried forward $3,422 97


$9,489


84


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $3,422 97 $9.489 68


F. A. Lewis, numbering 12 00


J. E. Herrick, setting city scales, 70 50


Fairbanks, Brown, & Co., city scales and repairs . 275 42


Federal Ballot Box Co., repairs,


7 00


Warren T. Butler, repairing bal- lot boxes 6 10


W. H. Pool, repairing gas-fix- tures 4 20


C. W. Cahalan, gas piping 23 84


James Bartley, soap, etc. 12 13


J. Q. Twombly, glazing, etc.


4 61


Fred A. Norris, glazing, etc.


2 50


C. H. Tufts, painting


2 50


Germania Electric Co., lamps


9 20


Charles D. Elliot, surveying


13 00


A. Parker, stone bounds 7 50


J. M. Corse, rent of P. O. box,


1 00


Thos. N. Hart, rent of P. O. box,


3 00


Post 139, G. A. R., contribution


for observance of Memorial Day 300 00


F. O. Reed et al., rent of rifle-


range


112 50


Bufford's Sons' Lithograph Co., printing bonds 75 00


Beacon Lithograph Co., printing bonds


55 00


C. M. Blake, newspapers


6 00


M. A. Mann, laundry, etc.


.


26 50


F. G. Ray & Son, laundry


50


H. A. Chick & Co., repairing furniture 2 65


G. M. Winslow & Co., fuel


177 12


B. F. Wild & Co, fuel


46 00


W. H. Brine, ventilators ·


.


5 50


Amounts carried forward . $4,684 24


$9,489 68


85


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $4,684 24 $9,489 68


City of Lowell, board of truants, 213 74


City of Boston, water 40 50


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting 324 80


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas . 82 88


N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls 153 43


Ammiel Colman, sealer of


weights and measures . ·


100 00


Charles A. Small, pound-keeper,


25 00


George Cullis, affidavits of post- ing 54 50


James A. McLane, posting


87 90


S. H. Libby, services as auc- tioneer . 6 30


George L. Blackbird, labor


1 00


Frank A. Hersey, labor


4 00


C. A. Southwick, labor


44 70


E. T. Cook, labor


9 00


B. F. Sheridan, labor


9 00


Daniel H. Rinn, labor


4 00


James L. Whitaker, labor .


8 00


Patrick O'Brien, labor


4 00


William H. Kelley, labor


4 35


Patrick O'Connell, labor


22 73


N. L. Pennock, labor


4 00


John Battles, labor


4 00


W. H. Denton, labor


6 00


C. S. Decker, awnings


13 50


Lamphrill & Marble, flag


38 40


Thomas Hollis,' drugs


1 00


Boyd Byron, abstracts


12 50


H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice


35 00


S. J. Wood, keys, etc.


2 25


F. DeWitt Lapham, premium of insurance 6 00


Amounts carried forward . $6,006 72


$9,489 68


86


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $6,006 72


$9,489 68


Conant's Express, expressing 1 80


C. E. Farnham, expressing


4 55


E. R. Perham, expressing .


18 70


Gilman's Express, expressing


60


Thorpe's Express, expressing


90


Jairus Mann, watching and dis-


bursements 128 50


Sewers account, setting stone bounds 39 44


Sewer Assessments account,


sewer on Whipple street 19 04 ·


Clarence C. Ryder, turkeys


142 25


F. L. Card, turkeys .


35 08


M. L. King, turkeys .


58 25


George S. Wilson, turkeys


94 00


S. Z. Bowman, disbursements


70 26


Charles B. Stevens, recording


13 05


J. H. Colbath, ringing bell


9 00


William S. Gray, ringing bell 9 00


Frederick A. Young, ringing bell


9 00


George W. Jacobs, ringing bell, ·


3 00


S. A. Strahan, ringing bell


8 00


G. W. Littlefield, ringing bell


6 00


R. L. Lane, return of births 6 50


John F. Couch, return of births, 52 25


A. B. Dearborn, return of births,


7 50


10 00


John A. Gregg, return of births, H. B. McIntire, return of births, F. W. Taylor, return of births ·


75


H. P. Makechnie, return of births


3 50


A. E. Merrill, return of births 3 50


George W. Mills, return of births,


3 00


Frank B. Norwood, return of births 95 00


2 25


Amounts carried forward . $6,861 39


$9,489 68


87


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $6,861 39 $9,489 68


John M. Schroeder, return of births


123 75


A. Ward Follett, return of births, Alfred E. Mann, return of deaths,


6 00


13 25


H. D. Runey, return of deaths .


26 00


W. A. Flaherty, return of deaths,


39 00


E. H. Marsh, return of deaths .


24 75


P. H. Rafferty & Co., return of deaths


18 75


C. H. Lockhart, return of deaths, Burrill & Dutton, sharpening cutter


50


McCloskey & Harty, compensa- tion for damages 125 00


Benjamin R. Omand, compensa- tion for damages 300 00


Walter H. Snow, compensation for damages


1,500 00


D. E. Hennessey, horse


200 00


$9,250 89


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 238 79


$9,489 68


OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1890


$12,207 77


Taxes, amount added to the amount of taxes as- sessed as fractional divisions for con- venience in apportionment, to be applied to abatement on taxes 22,018 26


DEBIT.


Taxes, for amount of abatements on taxes


$13,535 58


Excess and Deficiency, transferred 7,575 01


Balance to credit in account 1892 13,115 44


$34,226 03


$34,226 03


12 50


88


ANNUAL REPORTS.


OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1890 $102 13


DEBIT.


Balance to 1892


$102 13


ORDINANCES ( REVISING ).


CREDIT.


Appropriation, amount assessed $500 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid S. Z. Bowman, for clerical assistance revising ordinances, $460 00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account 40 00


$500 00


PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1890 $489,667 93


Public Property, property acquired dur- ing the year 1891 . $138,469 53


Reduction of funded debt ·


57,000 00


Renewals of funded debt . . 42,000 00


237,469 53


$727,137 46


DEBIT.


Appropriations, amount borrowed on funded debt account $87,000 00


Balance to credit in account 1892 .


640,137 46


$727,137 46


89


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Balance to 1892 . CREDIT.


$1,685,637 46


DEBIT.


Balance from 1890 $1,547,167 93


Property and Debt Balance, property acquired during the year 1891, 138,469 53


$1,685,637 46


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1890


$131 91


Appropriations, amount assessed .


3,000 00


Cash, received of J. O. Hayden, County


Treasurer, return on the amount received of the city for dog licenses in 1891 .


$2,596 68


358 06


H. A. Adams, librarian, fines Catalogues


24 12


Howe & Flint, discount on bill,


1 50


Cambridge Gas Light Co., dis- count on bill .


2 84


2,983 20


$6,115 11


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Little, Brown, & Co., books, $951 18


Estes & Lauriat, books .


863 39


George E. Littlefield, books


771 40


H. S. Inman, books .


49 00


S. S. Brastow, books .


12 00


Alexander T. T. Hicks, books


6 00


William Towker, books


7 50


A. S. Clark, books


2 60


James H. Lamb, books


6 00


E. K. Johnson, books


1 50


Joseph G. Cupples, books .


10 00


Amounts carried forward $2,680 57


$6,115 11


90


ANNUAL REPORTS.


$6,115 11


Amounts brought forward . $2,680 57 15 00


George H. Walker & Co., books,


D. Appleton & Co., books 6 00


N. E. Magazine, books


3 00


A. F. Hudson, books


4 00


Weekly Magazine, books


3 00


Salem Press, History and Genea-


logical Record books 1 50


W. A. Greenough, directory


2 00


Babb & Stephens, printing


277 00


J. G. Roberts & Co., binding books


231 65


Bradley & Woodruff, binding books


4 25


G. Kennedy Creighton, care of branch office . 25 00


H. S. Garcelon, care of branch office


75 00


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas,


176 76


City of Boston, water


26 10


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel


18 00


Geo. M. Winslow, fuel


187 90 .


Harrison, Beard, & Co., book- cases


163 75


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery,


10 23


W. B. Clark & Co., stationery .


2 15


H. A. Chick, repairing furniture,


2 00


George W. Bragdon, repairing furniture


1 25


F. A Chandler, carpentering


3 45


C. A. Slager, carpentering


3 00


Lawrence, Wilde, & Co., steps


37 50


L. C. Seavey, roofing


8 93


A. C. Winning, mason work


8 75


G. M. Fortin, painting, etc. .


5 75


J. Q. Twombly, glazing .


2 05


Whitney & Snow, dusters, etc. .


19 63


Amounts carried forward . · $4,005 17


$6,115 11


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


91


Amounts brought forward . $4,005 17


$6,115 11


Howe & Flint, hardware .


23 15


Young & Maynard, plumbing 5 26


S. J. Wood, locksmith work


1 75


E. Spalding, straps


1 75


M. L. Chamberlain, ribbon


1 00


Morss & Whyte, mats


5 52


C. M. Blake, newspapers .


6 00


Citizen Publishing Co., news- papers


4 00


R. W. Karnan, towels


1 50


Gilman's Express, expressing


51 75


E. R. Perham, expressing .


58 75


C. C. Farnham, expressing


33 20


H. A. Adams, librarian


800 00


A. L. Stone, assistant


400 00


M. J. Warren, assistant


400 00


E. A. Woodman, assistant


81 58


M. G. Knapp, assistant


101 95


E. H. Hunter, assistant


38 45


H. B. Bullen, assistant


57 65


M. Davenport, assistant


21 00


G. S. Desmond, assistant .


3 70


F. M. Norcross, assistant .


.


8 50


$6,111 63


Balance to credit of account 1892 3 48


$6,115 11


PUBLIC GROUNDS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$3,500 00


Cash, received of John White, error in pay-roll . $7 00


John Hallasey, error in pay-roll, 87


7 87


Amount carried forward


$3,507 87


92


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $3,507 87


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$1,886 74


Somerville Electric Light Co.,


lighting .


218 40


Joseph Young, repairing mowers,


27 25


Seward Dodge, repairing mowers,


75


M. J. Coneeny, plants


75 00


Walter Bates & Son, concreting,


108 90


Whitney & Snow, hardware


24 02


J. A. Durell, hardware


12 64


Howe & Flint, hardware


18 54


C. F. Pond, painting


119 20


G.W. Manning, labor on flagstaff,


20 00


M. A. Mann, repairing flag


3 00


M. D. Jones & Co., repairing settees 4 40


John F. Ayer & Co., lumber


37 49


Joseph Breck & Sons, tools


14 10


D. W. Lewis, grates, etc. .


12 00


S. J. Wood, filing saws


1 00


Franklin Henderson, manure


30 75


John T. Molloy, manure


74 49


Peter Savage, manure


5 25


Frank G. Williams, manure


5 25


T. F. Crimmings, teaming


77 16


A. M. Prescott, teaming, etc.


84 76


J. H. Thompson, carriage hire


6 00


John F. Hurley, police duty


19 50


Robert Fuller, police duty


10 00


John A. Dadman, police duty


37 50


Osgood B. Dane, labor


12 00


R. E. Archibald, labor


7 46


I. H. Brown, lumber


1 35


$2,954 90


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 552 97


$3,507 87


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


93


PRINTING ANI) STATIONERY.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $6,000 00


Cash, received Sidewalks account, advertising 8 50


$6,008 50


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Thomas Groom & Co., sta- tionery, etc. . Somerville Journal Co., printing and advertising


$1,804 54


2,888 81


Citizen Publishing Co., printing and advertising


234 69


McDonnell Bros., advertising .


89 10


Beacon Lithograph Co., printing, 59 50


Babb & Stephens, printing ·


63 00


Robert Burlen, binding plans,


9 00


W. W. White & Co., mounting


1 00


Sampson, Murdock, & Co., di- rectories


15 00


S. M. Spencer, stamp


10 00


$5,174 64


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account 833 86


$6,008 50


POLICE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$20,000 00


Cash, received of H. A. Chapin, clerk


of court, officers' fees, fines, etc., John M. Fisk, Master of H. of C., fines, etc. .


185 00


Henry G. Cushing, fines


1 00


$4,912 81


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to debit of account


11,764 51


16,677 32


Amount carried forward .


$36,677 32


maps


$4,726 81


94


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


DEBIT.


Cash, paid M. C. Parkhurst, chief,


$1,700 00


R. R. Perry, captain


1,425 00


Samuel R. Dow, sergeant .


1,125 00


Edward McGarr, sergeant


1,125 00


C. C. Cavanagh, sergeant .


1,125 00


John S. Johnson, patrolman


1,026 75


Eugene A. Carter,


1,026 75


George L. Smith,


1,026 75


Edward M. Carter, 66


1,026 75


Samuel A. Brown, 66


1,026 75


John E. Fuller, 66


1,026 75


George W. Bean,


1,026 75


George A. Bodge, 66


1,026 75


Phineas W. Skinner, 66


1,026 75


Hubert H. Miller, 66


1,024 00


Edward E. Hamblen, “


1,026 75


John Hafford,


1,026 75


Albion L. Staples,


66


1,026 75


Myron H. Kinsley,


66


1,026 75


Dennis Kelley,


1,026 75


George H. Carleton, 66


1,026 75


Judson W. Oliver,


1,026 75


Francis A. Perkins,


1,026 75


Charles S. Thrasher,


1,026 75


William H. Johnston, “


1,024 00


Charles L. Ellis,


776 25


Charles E. Woodman,


1,026 75


Arthur E. Keating,


1,026 75


John G. Knight, 66


1,026 75


Stephen S. Smith,


1,026 75


Jacob W. Skinner,


1,019 00


Theodore E. Heron,


981 25


Zeba F.Coffin, patrolman, special,


244 00


Robert F. Fuller


332 00


William Kelley,


59 00


.


.


Amounts carried forward . . $34,548 00


$36,677 32


$36,677 32


95


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


$34,548 00 $36,677 32


James Vaughn, patrolman, special,


47 25


William Dunn,


40 00


William Pinsey,


40 50


W. H. Denton,


66


2 00


Joseph Upton,


66


37 00


Alfred M. Sibley,


66


9 00


George C. Foss,


66


9 00


John McLeod,


9 00


Peter Savage,


9 00


Davis P. Bucknam,


9 00


John A. Dadman,


31 00


Joseph F. Hurley,


66


7 00


Michael Buckley,


7 00


Daniel H. Rinn,


66


7 00


P. J. Fitzpatrick,


7 00


George Cullis,


66


7 00


A. A. Lewis,


7 00


A. S. Arnold,


7 00


Fred S. Young,


66


7 00


David A. Bolton,


77 50


Jeremiah Leary,


60


35 75


Jeremiah J. Meany,


66


4 00


L. M. Maynard,


3 50


M. C. Parkhurst, Lock-up keeper,


75 00


M. C. Parkhurst, disbursements,


75 69


S. R. Dow, disbursements


46 92


Dennis Kelley, disbursements


24 88


E. M. Carter, disbursements


·


11 97


· F. A. Perkins, disbursements Lemuel H. Snow, disbursements, Arthur E. Keating, disburse- ments


1 20


3 38


75


E. B. Vreeland, hay, grain, etc.,


84 89


Amounts carried forward . . $35,309 68


$36,677 32


1


10 00


James H. Smith,


4 00


N. L. Pennock,


3 50


Joseph Young,


·


Amounts brought forward


96


ANNUAL REPORTS.


$36,677 32


Amounts brought forward $35,309 68 142 91


Fulton O'Brion, hay, grain, etc.,


Albert L. Russell, electrical sup- plies 68 00


Municipal Signal Co., electrical supplies 34 71


Pettingill, Andrews, & Co., elec- trical supplies 127 54


Sturtevant Brothers, supplies


7 22


J. V. Porter, meals for prisoners,


17 96


Frank N. Adams, meals for pris- oners 9 85


F. D. Snow, meals for prisoners, 10 00


H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice 30 00


The Germicide Co., disinfectant, 16 65


E. Spalding, harness work 10 90


W. T. Henderson, wagon


65 00


C. B. Cheney, photographs 1 50


Frank Shepard, law books


2 00


Little, Brown, & Co., law books, 3 00


Thomas Groom & Co., sta- tionery . 26 50


Somerville Journal Co., printing,


36 75


N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls ·


522 20


D. Cutter, repairing badges 1 00


Joseph E. Power, police badges,


15 00


Scoville Manfg. Co., police but- tons


13 51


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting


24 00


Union Square Carriage Co., re- pairs .


8 50


Union Glass Co., supplies


6 50


George H. Cowdin, drugs .


2 90


S. J. Wood, keys


1 25


J. N. Pride, carriage hire


.


3 00


Amounts carried forward . . $36,518 03


$36,677 32


97


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $36,518 03 $36,677 32


James T. Fitzgerald, carriage hire


5 25


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


13 50


C. M. Blake, newspapers


7 30


E. E. Schuebeler, towels


3 00


Lizzie Avery, washing


15 24


F. G. Ray & Son, washing


2 71


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware .


30 31


Howe & Flint, hardware


5 05


Whitney & Snow, hardware


98


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing


22 63


H. Wellington & Co., fuel


10 40


George M. Winslow & Co., fuel,


39 72


Charles E. Farnham, expressing,


2 95


Gilman Express Co., expressing, 25


$36,677 32


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed ·


$2,500 00


Cash, received of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, rent of armory,


$400 00


Somerville Co-operative Bank . 45 00


445 00


$2,945 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid William Hayden, janitor $850 00


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas . 788 48


George M. Winslow & Co., fuel,


308 05


H. Wellington & Co., fuel


78 00


Sturtevant Bros., matches, etc. .


3 59


Amounts carried forward . $2,028 12


$2,945 00


98


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $2,028 12 $2,945 00


F. A. Chandler, carpenter work, 15 75


D. P. Bucknam, mason work 8 25


James F. Davlin, plumbing ·


3 50


Young & Maynard, plumbing


1 25


J. Q. Twombly. glazing 19 85


Cunningham Iron Works, labor,


7 65


Oliver H. Plumer, repairing chairs 3 00


Jackson Caldwell & Co., repair- ing chairs


1 00


A. A. Sanborn, boiler and steam fitting 575 72


A. J. Wilkinson, door springs 6 75


J. F. Ayer & Co., lumber


17 26


Charles A. Holmes, ash barrels,


9 00


W. E. Plumer & Co., hard- ware 13 78


Whitney & Snow, hardware


9 77


George H. Hills & Co., mugs


48


George H. Cowdin, drugs


90


W. L. Fox, compound


1 25


Magic Chemical Co., compound,


2 50


The Germicide Co., disinfectant,


33 30


N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., tolls 1 45


E. R. Perham, expressing


1 50


Hartford Steam Boiler Inspec-


tion and Insurance Co., in- surance 50 00


City of Boston, water rates


72 70


L. Arnold, compensation for


damages 4 50


$2,889 23


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 55 77


$2,945 00


99


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


REAL-ESTATE LIENS.


CREDIT.


Balance to 1892


$888 40


DEBIT.


Balance from 1890


$55 44


Sewer Assessments, title deeded to the city for non-payment of sewer assessments 728 73


Interest on titles deeded to the city for non-payment of sewer assess- ments 96 78


Miscellaneous, costs on titles deeded to the city for non-payment of sewer assessments 7 45


$888 40


REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $57,000 00


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, amount of reduction of funded debt in 1891 $57,000 00


RENEWALS OF FUNDED DEBT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $42,000 00


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, amount of funded debt renewed in 1891 $42,000 00


100


ANNUAL REPORTS.


RELIEF AND BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$3,000 00


State of Massachusetts, one-half of amount paid for burials in 1891, $35 00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account 386 96


421 96


$3,421 96


DEBIT.


Cash, paid monthly pay-rolls


$3,222 50


Worcester Lunatic Hospital,


board of soldiers .


167 60


Lewis Guthrie, board of soldiers, 31 86


$3,421 96


STATE AID. CREDIT.


State of Massachusetts, amount paid in 1891 charged


to State


$5,596 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid monthly pay-rolls $5,596 00


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $20,670 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid State Treasurer, State tax for 1891 . $20,670 00


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, STATE AID. CREDIT.


Cash, received of State Treasurer $5,035 50


Balance, Dec. 31, 1891, due from State Dec. 10, 1892, to debit in account 5,480 00


Amount carried forward


$10,515 50


101


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$10,515 50


DEBIT.


Balance from 1890


$4,919 50


State Aid, amount paid in 1891


5,596 00


$10,515 50


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of State Treasurer .


$661 00


Balance, Dec. 31, 1891, due from State Dec. 10, 1892,


to debit in account 418 50


$1,079 50


DEBIT.


Balance from 1890


$649 00


Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, one-half


of amount paid in 1891 430 50


$1,079 50


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of State Treasurer .


$17 50


Balance, Dec. 31, 1891, due from State Dec. 10, 1892, to debit in account 87 50


$105 00


DEBIT.


Balance from 1890 $70 00


Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, one-half of amount paid in 1891 . 35 00


$105 00


102


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SUNDRY PERSONS.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1890


$372 60


Interest, coupons due and unpaid


127 50


$500 10


DEBIT.


Cash, paid sundry persons, amounts


due them


$337 50


Balance, to credit in account 1892


162 60


$500 10


SALARIES.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $28,200 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Charles G. Pope, mayor, $1,000 00


George I. Vincent, city clerk


2,700 00


John F. Cole, city treasurer and collector of taxes


3,900 00


Horace L. Eaton, city engineer,


2,300 00


Selwyn Z. Bowman, city solicitor, Alvah B. Dearborn, city physi- cian


950 00


Charles S. Robertson, city


auditor .


450 00


Charles S. Robertson, clerk of Common Council .


200 00


William P. Mitchell, clerk of assessors and committees


1,500 00


Albert B. Fales, assistant clerk of assessors and committees,


1,100 00


Jairus Mann, city messenger


1,300 00


Thomas R. Roulstone, superin- tendent of buildings and street lights 1,800 00


Amounts carried forward $18,700 00


$28,200 00


1,500 00


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Amounts brought forward $18,700 00 $28,200 00


James R. Hopkins, inspector of buildings 92 07


Thomas Cunningham, inspector of milk . 300 00


George W. Hadley, assessor


700 00


Benjamin T. Thompson, assessor,


700 00


Samuel T. Richards, assessor .


700 00


Joshua H. Davis, assistant as- sessor


250 00


William A. Flaherty, assistant as- sessor


250 00


Edgar T. Mayhew, assistant as- sessor


250 00


Henry A.True, assistant assessor,


250 00


Beulah M. Peirce, department clerk


700 00


W. H. Whitcomb, janitor of City Hall and Public Library


750 00


Cromwell G. Rowell, registrar of voters


200 00


Charles P. Lincoln, registrar of voters


.


200 00


. William B. Hawes, registrar of voters


200 00


George I. Vincent, registrar of voters


200 00


George O. Shaw, street clerk


76 00


F. W. Gallagher, street clerk


26 00


S. M. Backall, street clerk


21 00


T. M. Clancey, street clerk


13 00


E. G. Wiswell, street clerk


56 00


Engineer's assistants .


3,247 46


.


$27,881 53


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account 318 47


$28,200 00


104


ANNUAL REPORTS.


STREET LIGHTS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $22,500 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Somerville Electric Light


Company, lighting .


$22,155 19


Labor


12 00


Mast arms


70 00


Wheeler Reflector Co., lighting .


40 05


P. O'Connell, labor


2 00


O. A. Conant, labor .


2 25


F. A. Chandler, expressing


75


$22,282 24


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account


217 76


$22,500 00


SIDEWALKS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$10,000 00


Sidewalk'Assessments, assessments levied 10,035 11


$20,035 11


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$4,141 50


Jeremiah McCarthy, edgestones,


6,834 18


John Thrasher, bricks


4,032 18


W. A. Sanborn, bricks


2,117 92


Sanborn & Hatch, bricks .


980 80


Somerville Journal Co., adver- tising


109 77


Citizen Publishing Co., advertis- ing 83 62


Amounts carried forward .


$18,299 97


$20,035 11


105


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $18,299 97 $20,035 11


Printing and Stationery account, advertising


8 50


Highways account, teaming, etc.


1,634 73


Sewers account, edgestones


49 41


Christopher Burke, teaming


12 50


T. F. Crimmings, teaming .


5 00


John F. Elkins, teaming


5 00


Martin Gill, teaming


5 00


George McKenna, teaming


7 50


Owen Cunningham, teaming


7 50


$20,035


SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.


CREDIT.


$10,997 92


DEBIT.


Balance from 1890 .


$4,548 24


Sidewalks, assessments levied 10,035 11


$14,583 35


SEWERS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$10,000 00


Cash, received of Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital, annual fee for permission to enter Fitchburg- street sewer


$50 00


Christopher Burke, stone


50 00


City of Boston, stone bounds


39 44


Miscellaneous account, setting stone bounds


39 44


Amounts carried forward .


$178 88


$10,000 00


Cash, received of sundry persons, assessments Balance to debit in account 1892 3,585 43


$14,583 35


106


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $178 88 $10,000 00


Highways account, edgestones . 2 38


Sidewalks account, edgestones .


49 41


West End Street Railway Co., labor and materials 15 16


J. B. Wilbur, labor


2 43


Charles Robinson, labor


11 19


Dennis Ryan, labor


10 49


Charles A. Mongan, puddling


5 62


Richard Falvey, puddling


1 12


A. W. Byrne, puddling


5 79


North Packing & Provision Co., catch-basins, etc.


143 41


425 88 10,667 85


Sewer Assessments, assessments levied .


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of ac- count


1,225 95


$22,319 68


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$4,966 39


George D. Goodrich, drain pipes,


3,314 68


A. Parker, catch-basin stones .


920 63


Barbour, Stockwell, & Co., traps,


111 55


Osgood & Hart, catch-basin covers


65 00


Miller & Shaw, iron work


16 25


Charles L. Underhill, black- smithing


5 30


F. Dooris, blacksmithing, etc.


1 00


Berry & Ferguson, drain pipe


359 52


. W. A. Sanborn, bricks


203 60


Sanborn & Hatch, bricks


291 60


Parry Brothers & Co., bricks


15 00


Somerville Journal Co., adver- tising 44 13


Highways account, bricks


11 25


H. Wellington & Co., cement


147 95


Jeremiah McCarthy, stone


7 00


Amounts carried forward . · $10,480 85


$22,319 68


·


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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $10,480 85


$22,319 68


E. Fitzgerald, sand


5 00


City of Boston, water


36 00


Edson Manfg. Co., diaphragm


2 20


James Bartley, salt


60


L. Arnold, carpenter work 2 00


Boston Woven Hose Co., hose .


77 94


Howe & Flint, hardware


4 75


Whitney & Snow, hardware


42 21


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware . 2 60


S. J. Wood, filing saws


25


John Fisher, pails


3 45


McDormand, Warner, & Co., ladder 2 55


F. H. Flagg, catch-basin covers,


6 95


I. H. Brown, lumber ·


4 20


F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots, etc., A. M. Prescott, teaming, labor, etc.


1,496 26


T. Edward Eames, car fares, etc.,


4 42


10 00


L. Roger Wentworth, services . City of Cambridge, five-ninths of expense of cleaning outlet at Bridge-street sewer 1,234 77


Dennis C. Collins & Maurice Terry, balance for construct- ing sewer in Highland avenue, Christopher Burke, constructing sewer in Lowell street 895 87


434 53


Willard B. Bryne, constructing sewer in Cypress street 125 84


Willard B. Bryne, constructing sewer in Alpine street 902 54




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